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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Is it Spring?

{pretty}

{happy}

That's not the prettiest picture, but we are very {happy} to see the redbud trees in bloom! They just burst into bloom when the temps got up to 70 for a couple of days. I saw daffodils, too! It looks like spring here, even if we're still having cooler temps. I can almost believe that winter is over, even though folks farther north can't say the same thing.

{funny}

Do you see those green shoots coming up? That's garlic that I asked one of my sons (who shall remain nameless) to plant in the fall.

Right now, there are just bare sticks next to it, but do you notice what's funny about it? They are behind (as in between the bush and the house) the Knock-Out Roses. If you click that link, you'll see that in the summer, my garlic won't get any sun!

Why did we plant it there, you ask? Well, we didn't...although I guess I have to take the blame for it. I asked him to plant the bulbs "behind the rose bush." See that empty space down there, where the barrel is? That's where I wanted them to go.

Oh, you want to know about the plywood barrel? It's a leftover prop from a long-ago escape from Mirkwood forest when our homeschool group performed The Hobbit. Don't ask why it's outside; I don't even know anymore.

I was imagining that he would stand here ^, in front of the house, and plant the garlic on the other side of the roses. I never dreamed that he would, yes, wonder why I wanted them behind a bush where they won't get sun, and still proceed to plant them there!

(Eventually, all those sticks will be roses and hydrangeas.)

{real}

My heart aches this morning for a little boy who was struck by a car as he crossed a very busy intersection on his way to school. He was on his motorized scooter when he was hit by a car turning left. I have no doubt that the sun was in the driver's eyes, but, praise God, the boy was able to get up on his own and stagger to the median where good Samaritans were already there to help him.

I don't know yet if he's one of our students or one that attends the school we share space with. Not that it matters; I've been praying for him all morning, and for all the children who have to be out on these dangerous streets. I hope you'll join me.

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I am the wife of a wonderful man who brought me into the Catholic Church through prayer and gentle perseverance, and who puts up with a lot of crazy mood swings. We have 6 beautiful children, though it seems odd to say "children" when half of them are grown, and two of them are living on their own! I'm in my 19th year of homeschooling, but I have only 2 students left at home, and they have begun attending a hybrid-homeschool 2-3 days per week. I am a slightly obsessed knitter who has several projects on needles at any given time, and many more on the "wish list". I enjoy creating beauty, whether through knitting, cooking, painting, or sewing. I'm enjoying my 2 days "off" each week, while I struggle with the reality of a nest that's getting emptier and emptier. Together with my family, we're trying to figure out how live In The World but not be Of The World.

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St. Francis de Sales

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them — every day begin the task anew."

Memorare

Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided.

Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee, O Virgin of virgins, my mother; to thee do I come, before thee I stand, sinful and sorrowful. O Mother of the Word Incarnate, despise not my petitions, but in thy mercy hear and answer me.